GM Diet Results Before and After Lost 4 Kgs

GM diet before and after shows difference of 4 kgs in weight loss. GM diet is good for temporary immediate water weight loss. It does not burn fat weight.

I am happy to share the GM diet results after following the 7 day plan. This is my GM diet day 8 and technically speaking, the diet period is over. If you have joined me late, you can read out the details that I shared on Day 0 of this diet plan..

GM Diet Results Before And After

At the start of day 8, I am super delighted to share the results as I have lost about 4.2 Kgs (9.25 pounds) of weight in straight 7 days!! Ohh man..I can’t believe this.

I can easily fit into my 36″ waist trouser now….I may not look that slim in the picture but I have certainly lost fat from my buttock, thighs, lower belly on the back side and some on the face cheeks.

Comparison

End of Day-0

Start of Day 8

Weight

83 Kgs (182.9 LB)

78.8 Kgs (173.7 LB)

Waist

37 Inch

36 Inch – A loss of 1 inch

Height

5 Ft 8 Inch

Thank God, No reduction here

Ideal weight as per Height

69 Kgs (152.1 LB)

Still a long way to go…

Target to loose

4 Kgs (9 Lbs)

4.2 Kgs lost. Achieved..Hurray!!

GM diet day 0 – Just before the start of GM diet week

GM diet After – Anil Gupta – On day 8

I don’t have words to express my feelings. It is awesome and I am seriously feeling great and much lighter.

I have just lost the weight and gained lots of confidence.

I can feel that my body is feeling much better in terms of fatigue and usual laziness. I don’t get tired even if I walk long distances (I tried walking 1.4 miles up and down and was still feeling good). Looks like diet has certainly cleaned up the system.

The craving for food is slowly coming up as mind has already accepted the success and asking me to jump and eat whatever I want. But..this is the important time to control and maintain this weight. If I simply move on to my normal day to day (that I was having before going on diet), I stand a good chance of gaining the lost weight easily.

So, it is important to maintain and control my food intake to maintain as well as keep loosing the weight on a lower pace.

Tips and my experience

It primarily is a mind game. If you have made up your mind, you will succeed.

Try to be active 70% of the time you are awake. It helps your metabolism (the speed at which body consumes energy) high. If you can’t exercise, take a small walk to the grocery store next door and use stairs as much as possible. Also, try climbing two stair at once to give a boost to metabolism.

Stay away from food and its smell. We as human being eat more with our eyes and nose than mouth. So, staying away is the key. I myself got distracted when i looked at chholeBhature on www.inhouserecipes.com on day 3. This is one of my favorite food and i simply closed the site to keep my mind away from thinking about food.

Try to eat something or drink water after every 1.5 hours. Also, drink water regularly to keep your body hydrated. If you skip drinking water, you may not be able to continue the full diet plan as dehydration could spoil the show.

Stay hungry Stay foolish – As said by great Mr. Steve Jobs, will help you achieve what you want badly in your life! I have tried and found it. At the very thought of it, it seems difficult and impossible and more if you hear people who have tried but lost it out in the middle. But, believe me, it is possible.

What if your regular fast days (Monday fast or Karva Chauth or any other fast) cross roads along your GM diet? It is better to avoid these regular weekly fast days when you are following the GM diet. And if we talk about the Karva Chauth type of fasts, it is advised that we plan GM diet when we these mandatory fasts do not cross the road in between!

If you get ill during the course of this diet, please do consult your doctor or stop this diet. You may try it some other time.

No hard (wine, whisky, beer etc.) and cola drinks allowed. I completely avoided tea and coffee too but drank Lemon water extensively. If you feel that you cannot survive without tea, i would suggest you to go for black tea (without milk).

That was it, I hope my experience will help you too to motivate yourself and make a change in your life.

As a matter of fact, my wife has also lost about 1.2 Kgs (2.6 Lbs) over this week even though she was not following this diet. Its just that she used to have the same lunch that i was having and somehow the menu was controlled. The other thing that probably has helped her is that she did not prepared any sweets last week due to my diet!!

If you or anyone you know have followed the GM diet, do share your experiences in the comments section here.

Does GM diet work?

Update – January 2013

It does not give me immense pleasure to share that I have got the weight back on my face, stomach and everywhere else that I lost within a month.

The primary reason is me going back to my original eating schedule.

The second reason that the GM diet primarily made me loose the water weight i.e. water that is held in the body due to salt content. Once you go back to your normal food schedule, the salt content increases and you again stock up on that weight.

So, looks like this diet is actually a good one for losing weight in short term. It sounds and feels good but it just makes you lose it temporarily. A better solution would be to lose the weight by reducing calories in your diet and burn the real fat deposits inside body.

For a more stable weight loss, you need to lose the FAT weight more than water weight. Believe me, FAT does not burn off with 7 days of only dieting.

Advantages of GM Diet

Helps you lose about 3-6 Kgs of weight fast.

Helps your body to drain out the toxins.

Helps you make a systematic change to your diet. For example, you are supposed to eat brown rice instead of white rice. This is beneficial as you would otherwise never even tried eating brown rice or brown bread. Make a change and keep it with you to maintain the lost weight.

Dis-advantages of GM Diet

The weight you lose is primarily the water weight due to lesser Salt consumption. This weight can come back easily when you jump back to your normal food intake schedule after 7 days.

There is no major fat loss from the body as compared to the total number of Kgs you see on weight scale. Hence, you might not see any major difference in your waist size or tummy.

It is a crash diet and can’t be repeated frequently. If you do, you are stressing your body too much and it can result in health issues.

I have all the details of the recipes for wonder soups and other things that I ate each day in above links. Here are the questions that are intended to help you with your queries:

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

When should I check my weight each day?

The normal body weight varies by about 2-3 pounds (1 – 1.5 Kg) between morning and night due to consumption of food and drinks.

The best time to record your weight each day would be morning after your bowl movements (before eating or drinking anything). This weight can vary too but has less variance and is more reliable.

I have lost 2.5 kgs in first two days and no reduction after that. Is this okay? Can I continue this?

There is nothing strange about this weight loss and nothing to worry either. The immediate weight loss that you see is because of lesser salt consumption. Your body is storing lesser water and hence you see the reduction. Keep going on with the diet and you will see better results after day 7.

Can we replace brown rice with white rice?

Well, you can. White rice has more starch content than the brown rice and hence are not advisable. Although, I myself consumed white rice on GM Diet Day 5, I would advise you to eat brown ones for better results.

Can we include green peas in the cabbage soup or can we add boiled peas in the salad?

No peas and no Potatoes for that matter. They contain starch and does not help weight loss.

Can I repeat GM diet every week or every month?

Repeating this diet every week would be really tough and can affect your health severely. This diet is primarily meant to trigger some basic changes in your eating pattern and providing lesser carbs (carbohydrates that convert into sugar and deposit in your body).

Repeating every month is another case and can be done, if you feel you can do it. But, do not over-do anything. I would advice you to just do GM diet for 7 days and then maintain the lesser calorie intake (just about 1400 good calories) to keep the weight loss momentum going.

Good calories means any non-fried and non-sugar food.

How much weight loss is guaranteed by GM diet?

There is no guarantee of anything. The intent is to change the eating habits and provide your body a chance to get rid of toxins. You will feel much better and lighter after you have finished this 7 day diet.

The weight that you lose would mostly be water weight and it varies with each person.

Remember, this weight is easier to gain if you do NOT control your diet after 7 days. It goes fast and comes back with double the speed!!

Can I drink Green tea?

Yes, Green tea with NO milk and No sugar is pretty good. It has zero calories if you do not add anything for taste. You can drink it thrice a day, on all days.

I would recommend drinking green tea even after you are done with GM diet.

Which milk is recommended for drinking in the diet?

You should drink FAT-FREE milk. It is also known as double-toned or skimmed milk in India.

Is headache normal during the diet?

Yes, it is okay. Since, you have devoid your body of any carbohydrates, it is complaining via headache! You might also feel a bloated stomach due to gas. This is okay and expected.

There is no need to take any pain killer medicine. You would generally feel the minor pain in the back side of your hear at the end of the day during the diet. Don’t worry, you will be fine next morning.

Note: If you have any other headache issues like a Migraine or something else, that you normally get, you should STOP dieting immediately and consult your doctor.

Can I take Roti (Indian Flat bread) instead of brown rice?

Yes, you should be fine eating plain roti with NO Oil. Also, make sure that Roti is made with Whole wheat flour and not Maida (a refined wheat flour).

Can we add Bourvita or Horlicks in milk?

NO. Bournvita and Horlicks are energy drinks and contain high amount of Sugar. It is NOT allowed in GM Diet.

Leens

Hello I don’t loose weight after GM diet even I very strictly followed it, I just check all comments so get knew I don’t have to eat salt regularly is it?? Or any other reason ?? If it’s correct so let me know how many days I have to eat salt and how. Many times in a day?

Leena Sareen

Anil Gupta

Hi Leena, As per my experience, GM diet does not help you loose fat. It only the water weight that you lose in a week. So, if you reduce Salt or completely remove it from your diet, you will see higher weight loss. This is simply because, your body will not hold water in the absence of Salt and hence you will weight lesser on weight machine.

Kanupriya

It’s so great that you have lost 4.2 kgs. That’s wow!! I could only loose max 2.5-2.8 kgs in a week 🙁 . I just need that salt! just cant eat food without it ;). I don’t know about the water weight but GM Diet has helped me to reduce the fat percentage in my body. I did the diet every alternate week and managed to loose 18 kgs of weight in 3 months of time. Alternating one week of this diet and another week of workout can do wonder’s. And now it’s been more than a year. I have gained only 2 kilos back (thanks to the pizzas,burgers and chocolates) but I think if you stay away from sugar, flour and salt, and also stay active throughout the day you are good to go.

Sehr

Anil Gupta

Are you following the diet strictly? If you are, then the only reason for not losing weight is that you are eating Salt. GM diet only helps reduce the water weight and if that is not happening, then you must be eating salt regularly.

Anil Gupta

Piyush Khosla

I read your gm diet plan. Very inspiring. My question is what about those who don’t eat tomatoes, beetroot and who plays tennis for an hour 5 days a week? Any alternative vegetables? I am a non-vegetarian.

Anil Gupta

Hi Piyush, I would suggest to not go with GM diet plan if you play tennis for an hour every day. You can seriously reduce weight just by following non-sugar, no-oil diet daily. Personally, I have realized that GM diet does not help you lose the FAT, instead, it is just the water weight that you see as lost, on weight scale.

Simar S

Anil Gupta

Yes, you can have coffee. But, I would suggest to have black one (with No milk, no sugar). Even better option would be to drink Green tea with no sugar and no milk.

I am guessing that your body is craving for caffeine since you are feeling sleepy. If you feel this is true, then Green tea would work best, as it has anti-oxidants (to help burn fat) in addition to caffeine.

Jigyasa

Ok… I am quite motivated to do this from the coming week… mainly because I feel I have a lot of water weight in my body… and due to PCOS I have put on weight recently.. Funny fact is I practice yoga everyday… still weight kept coming on and I realised something is not right My questions… Can I still continue to practice Yoga and exercises… I practice Ashtanga which is challenging and not just gentle..? Can I use the market made Chat Masala? Di we have to avoid salt completely? I will be following all your recipes to make it easy to go about for me… A cup of Chai… mind you not tea is extremely important for me so that would be the biggest challenge.

Anil Gupta

Hi Jigyasa, All the best for your diet. 1. Yes, you can and infact you should keep the yoga and exercise ON. This will certainly help you lose more than what others mught, with this diet. 2. You can have chai. Make sure you use NO sugar and Use fat free (double toned) milk to make this chai. 3. Market made chat masala is okay. Salt is okay too but try to restrict its quantity.

Chris Joseph

Your post inspired me so I have started this diet from today but I just wanted to ask you is there any way that I can reduce my waist also during this regime? I also want you to advice me what kind of carb and fat free food should I take after completing this diet.

Completely stop or reduce to minimal eating of butter, oil and sugar. Do not even eat artificial sweeteners. Once you start avoiding sugar, your body will adapt to it. Avoid fried foods. Get on to healthy foods and your waist will automatically start contracting. For all this to happen, you will have to change your food habits. You can’t achive it in a week or a month, it would take at-least two months to show a difference and then more to maintain it.

Chris Joseph

Saravan

Hi Anil, I successfully finished GM diet Yesterday. Cant believe that I Lost almost 6.5 Kg. I was 75 kg last week i.e day 0,Today I weigh 68.25 Kg. My ideal weight should be 65 Kg. From today I will be following your diet and lifestyle from other post (where U lost 20 Pounds in 3 months). No more craving for sweets and junk food. I am feeling fresh , light and great. You are the one who motivated me. Your blog helped me so much. I thank you from my heart 🙂

Anil Gupta

You are right in the sense that if you want to maintain this weight loss (which is more is water), you should not go back to your original diet.

Just make sure to eat small portions and try to avoid carbohydrates (like chapati or idli or dosa or rice) in dinner. No sugar and less oil will help you loose fat too (which would be a more permanent weight loss).

Anil Gupta

Casey

hi Anil, Today is my Day -3 but i am addicted to cofe. so i consumed coffe on day-2 with very less amount of sugar as my headache was severe in the evening. but now i am really worried about results. also can you suggest the boiled veggies recipes as eating them them boiled with no Salt and only Oregano is tuff

Casey

thanks Anil. i had boiled veggies yesterday and today as well. My weight has been rigid i hve been following balanced diet from the start of this month but nothing is working 🙁 And my wedding is in Dec. So i am really worried

Anil Gupta

Don’t worry. You will see the results in a day or two. Just make sure you reduce your salt intake and increase water consumption.

This diet basically works by flushing out extra water from body and you immediately see reduced weight. It does not necessarily burn lot of fat. Basically, it will make you look a tad thinner. This is what the celebrities also do (stop their salt intake) if they have to prepare their body for any special dress or an occasion.

aqsa

i am taking a diet tea i make it for my self with one cup of water and some nigella seeds garlic ginger paste ,cumin seeds ,green tea ,fenugreek,and cinamum is it good for fat burning or not please tell me

Mydhili

Started with 68.3kg and now it is 66.9 kg on day3.But I m quite worried, how to maintain.Did not find any differences physically.Can I continue the next set of GM diet after a weeks time. How long should I give gap. – Is it advice able to continue again.

Priancka

Anil Gupta

Well, It is difficult to maintain the weight loss if it was NOT fat loss. With this GM diet, the truth is that the weight loss is due to water loss from body and NOT fat. Fat is hardly 10% of total weight that you lose.

The best way to find if it was water loss or fat loss is to see if you reduced any waist size after this diet. If yes, then you have indeed lost some fat. If not, then it was all water.

So, you are bound to get it back almost immediately (like in 1-2 weeks).

The only benefit that I think you can draw from GM diet is the change of eating behavior and control that you exercise on your mind and body.

As per my experience, if you STOP eating fried (oily foods – no butter, no ghee, no oil) and refined SUGAR (the one you add in tea, halwa and found in cookies, cakes etc.), you will be able to see an immediate drop in your weight after this diet. And this weight loss would be stable since it will be loss of fat from your body.

I care

I finished the diet 5 days ago and lost 5.2kg, in 5 days i have gained back 3kg from eating normal and i am not a big eater. I walk and do yoga so i have not been laying around doing nothing. I do not recommend this diet as it is not a quick fix to lose weight and the weight will come back on after it.

Surg Mcq

Anil Gupta

There is no sure shot way. Everything is controlled by mind. Convince your mind. Next, stay away from food or its smell as far as possible. Do not BUY food stuff that you want to avoid during this diet.

If you do not have the food stuff in refrigerator or at home, things will be pretty easy. Remember, its more of a mind game than hunger. You need to trick your mind to think that you have enough calories (energy) stored in your body to keep your body up and running for couple of days.

The stomach adapts to your mind. If you can pass first two days of this diet, you will realize that the third day is pretty easy as your stomach would have reduced its size and it won;t ask for food that often.

Anil Gupta

greg

hi read your post n congrats for the first trial. I guess u did this GM diet long ago, so my question is how have u been since then?? I mean after doing this and after that eating normally but in a controlled manner how is your weight now?? Did u gained weight or just stuck nearby ??

Anil Gupta

Hi Greg, Unfortunately, i have gained all the weight back as i did not exercise any control whatsoever after the diet. Also, I think even if you control and keep your food intake strict within limits, you will gain back at-least 40% of the weight back very quickly. This is because you will be eating carbohydrates and fats which will push the weight upwards. Also, we try a lot of recipes at home and it is pretty difficult for me to control myself! But, the whole story is that i did lose weight temporarily. If you can seriously control yourself after completing the diet (7 days) and focus on more protein rich food items, you will definitely benefit in the long run as well. This diet plan actually gives you the initial boost that you need. What happens after than is entirely in your own hands. Let me know if you need more information.

Regards, Anil

Anirudh

Anil thanks for sharing your experience. Today is my 7th day i have lost around 4.5 kgs and i want to loose more. Can i repeat the Diet? If yes can i start it again from tomorrow? Also any tips to not gain back the lost weight would be helpful.

Anil Gupta

Hi Anirudh… its great to hear that you have lost 4.5 Kgs. It is really commendable. I would strongly recommend to NOT start the diet again before 3 months have passed. The diet is quite strict and this sudden weight loss may result in some side effects if you continue with it. I would say that try to maintain this weight for at least 2 months and in the process of controlling more eating, you would certainly see more weight loss but with slow speed. 4.5 kgs loss in a week is certainly commendable and you have hit the fish’s eye right in the middle! Enjoy..

M.Ahmed

Greetings Anil I am 45yrs old and my current weight is 100kg.Shall I start 1200 calories diet plan? after 1st week finish than shall I repeat same menu for next week? As I know tea should be without sugar and milk but can I use 0 calorie sweetener or tablet in tea? What is GM? While I am in diet then what else I can eat if I am very much…..hungry?. If first week I lose say 5kg in first week then shall I lose another 5kg in next week? Thanks M.Ahmed

Anil Gupta

You can start the 1200 calorie plan. But, you should also watch your appetite to see if you need a bit more calories than 1200.

You will realize it within a week if you watch your weight and calories you are eating, carefully.

You can add sweetener but i would not recommend it. It is made up of chemicals. Hence, try to avoid it as much as possible.

I don’t know what GM really stands for. Some people say it ‘General Motors’ but, I can’t confirm it.

Eat a fruit or a low calorie option like Fat-free milk (called double toned in India). No fat or Sugar is the thumb rule, in case you are feeling really hungry.

There is no fixed formula for losing weight. Remember, this GM diet helps you lose WATER weight from your body and that’s precisely the reason you lose 4-5 Kgs in a week. The real weight loss (and sustainable) happens when you lose FAT. And FAT needs to be burned by exercising or eating less calories.

If you see my update in above article, I got the lost weight back within a month. This is the harsh reality.

Anil Gupta

There is nothing specific about what you should eat. You can return to your normal diet. But, since your body had adapted to no-sugar and no-oil food, it would be best to continue with it. I mean food like Dal, Sabzi, Roti, Brown Rice, Eggs (if you can eat), Fat free Paneer, Tofu and fruits should be part of your meal.

Keep the Sugar out of your each food/beverage intake and you will see the weight reduction.

hi read your post n congrats for the first trial. I guess u did this GM diet long ago, so my question is how have u been since then?? I mean after doing this and after that eating normally but in a controlled manner how is your weight now?? Did u gained weight or just stuck nearby ??

Hi Greg, Unfortunately, i have gained all the weight back as i did not exercise any control whatsoever after the diet. Also, I think even if you control and keep your food intake strict within limits, you will gain back at-least 40% of the weight back very quickly. This is because you will be eating carbohydrates and fats which will push the weight upwards. Also, we try a lot of recipes at home and it is pretty difficult for me to control myself! But, the whole story is that i did lose weight temporarily. If you can seriously control yourself after completing the diet (7 days) and focus on more protein rich food items, you will definitely benefit in the long run as well. This diet plan actually gives you the initial boost that you need. What happens after than is entirely in your own hands. Let me know if you need more information.

Anil thanks for sharing your experience. Today is my 7th day i have lost around 4.5 kgs and i want to loose more. Can i repeat the Diet? If yes can i start it again from tomorrow? Also any tips to not gain back the lost weight would be helpful.

Hi Anirudh… its great to hear that you have lost 4.5 Kgs. It is really commendable. I would strongly recommend to NOT start the diet again before 3 months have passed. The diet is quite strict and this sudden weight loss may result in some side effects if you continue with it. I would say that try to maintain this weight for at least 2 months and in the process of controlling more eating, you would certainly see more weight loss but with slow speed. 4.5 kgs loss in a week is certainly commendable and you have hit the fish’s eye right in the middle! Enjoy..

Greetings Anil I am 45yrs old and my current weight is 100kg.Shall I start 1200 calories diet plan? after 1st week finish than shall I repeat same menu for next week? As I know tea should be without sugar and milk but can I use 0 calorie sweetener or tablet in tea? What is GM? While I am in diet then what else I can eat if I am very much…..hungry?. If first week I lose say 5kg in first week then shall I lose another 5kg in next week? Thanks M.Ahmed

You can start the 1200 calorie plan. But, you should also watch your appetite to see if you need a bit more calories than 1200.

You will realize it within a week if you watch your weight and calories you are eating, carefully.

You can add sweetener but i would not recommend it. It is made up of chemicals. Hence, try to avoid it as much as possible.

I don’t know what GM really stands for. Some people say it ‘General Motors’ but, I can’t confirm it.

Eat a fruit or a low calorie option like Fat-free milk (called double toned in India). No fat or Sugar is the thumb rule, in case you are feeling really hungry.

There is no fixed formula for losing weight. Remember, this GM diet helps you lose WATER weight from your body and that’s precisely the reason you lose 4-5 Kgs in a week. The real weight loss (and sustainable) happens when you lose FAT. And FAT needs to be burned by exercising or eating less calories.

If you see my update in above article, I got the lost weight back within a month. This is the harsh reality.

There is nothing specific about what you should eat. You can return to your normal diet. But, since your body had adapted to no-sugar and no-oil food, it would be best to continue with it. I mean food like Dal, Sabzi, Roti, Brown Rice, Eggs (if you can eat), Fat free Paneer, Tofu and fruits should be part of your meal.

Keep the Sugar out of your each food/beverage intake and you will see the weight reduction.

There is no sure shot way. Everything is controlled by mind. Convince your mind. Next, stay away from food or its smell as far as possible. Do not BUY food stuff that you want to avoid during this diet.

If you do not have the food stuff in refrigerator or at home, things will be pretty easy. Remember, its more of a mind game than hunger. You need to trick your mind to think that you have enough calories (energy) stored in your body to keep your body up and running for couple of days.

The stomach adapts to your mind. If you can pass first two days of this diet, you will realize that the third day is pretty easy as your stomach would have reduced its size and it won;t ask for food that often.

I finished the diet 5 days ago and lost 5.2kg, in 5 days i have gained back 3kg from eating normal and i am not a big eater. I walk and do yoga so i have not been laying around doing nothing. I do not recommend this diet as it is not a quick fix to lose weight and the weight will come back on after it.

Well, It is difficult to maintain the weight loss if it was NOT fat loss. With this GM diet, the truth is that the weight loss is due to water loss from body and NOT fat. Fat is hardly 10% of total weight that you lose.

The best way to find if it was water loss or fat loss is to see if you reduced any waist size after this diet. If yes, then you have indeed lost some fat. If not, then it was all water.

So, you are bound to get it back almost immediately (like in 1-2 weeks).

The only benefit that I think you can draw from GM diet is the change of eating behavior and control that you exercise on your mind and body.

As per my experience, if you STOP eating fried (oily foods – no butter, no ghee, no oil) and refined SUGAR (the one you add in tea, halwa and found in cookies, cakes etc.), you will be able to see an immediate drop in your weight after this diet. And this weight loss would be stable since it will be loss of fat from your body.

Started with 68.3kg and now it is 66.9 kg on day3.But I m quite worried, how to maintain.Did not find any differences physically.Can I continue the next set of GM diet after a weeks time. How long should I give gap. – Is it advice able to continue again.

i am taking a diet tea i make it for my self with one cup of water and some nigella seeds garlic ginger paste ,cumin seeds ,green tea ,fenugreek,and cinamum is it good for fat burning or not please tell me

hi Anil, Today is my Day -3 but i am addicted to cofe. so i consumed coffe on day-2 with very less amount of sugar as my headache was severe in the evening. but now i am really worried about results. also can you suggest the boiled veggies recipes as eating them them boiled with no Salt and only Oregano is tuff

thanks Anil. i had boiled veggies yesterday and today as well. My weight has been rigid i hve been following balanced diet from the start of this month but nothing is working 🙁 And my wedding is in Dec. So i am really worried

Don’t worry. You will see the results in a day or two. Just make sure you reduce your salt intake and increase water consumption.

This diet basically works by flushing out extra water from body and you immediately see reduced weight. It does not necessarily burn lot of fat. Basically, it will make you look a tad thinner. This is what the celebrities also do (stop their salt intake) if they have to prepare their body for any special dress or an occasion.

Hi Anil, I successfully finished GM diet Yesterday. Cant believe that I Lost almost 6.5 Kg. I was 75 kg last week i.e day 0,Today I weigh 68.25 Kg. My ideal weight should be 65 Kg. From today I will be following your diet and lifestyle from other post (where U lost 20 Pounds in 3 months). No more craving for sweets and junk food. I am feeling fresh , light and great. You are the one who motivated me. Your blog helped me so much. I thank you from my heart 🙂

You are right in the sense that if you want to maintain this weight loss (which is more is water), you should not go back to your original diet.

Just make sure to eat small portions and try to avoid carbohydrates (like chapati or idli or dosa or rice) in dinner. No sugar and less oil will help you loose fat too (which would be a more permanent weight loss).

Your post inspired me so I have started this diet from today but I just wanted to ask you is there any way that I can reduce my waist also during this regime? I also want you to advice me what kind of carb and fat free food should I take after completing this diet.

Completely stop or reduce to minimal eating of butter, oil and sugar. Do not even eat artificial sweeteners. Once you start avoiding sugar, your body will adapt to it. Avoid fried foods. Get on to healthy foods and your waist will automatically start contracting. For all this to happen, you will have to change your food habits. You can’t achive it in a week or a month, it would take at-least two months to show a difference and then more to maintain it.

Ok… I am quite motivated to do this from the coming week… mainly because I feel I have a lot of water weight in my body… and due to PCOS I have put on weight recently.. Funny fact is I practice yoga everyday… still weight kept coming on and I realised something is not right My questions… Can I still continue to practice Yoga and exercises… I practice Ashtanga which is challenging and not just gentle..? Can I use the market made Chat Masala? Di we have to avoid salt completely? I will be following all your recipes to make it easy to go about for me… A cup of Chai… mind you not tea is extremely important for me so that would be the biggest challenge.

Hi Jigyasa, All the best for your diet. 1. Yes, you can and infact you should keep the yoga and exercise ON. This will certainly help you lose more than what others mught, with this diet. 2. You can have chai. Make sure you use NO sugar and Use fat free (double toned) milk to make this chai. 3. Market made chat masala is okay. Salt is okay too but try to restrict its quantity.

Yes, you can have coffee. But, I would suggest to have black one (with No milk, no sugar). Even better option would be to drink Green tea with no sugar and no milk.

I am guessing that your body is craving for caffeine since you are feeling sleepy. If you feel this is true, then Green tea would work best, as it has anti-oxidants (to help burn fat) in addition to caffeine.

I read your gm diet plan. Very inspiring. My question is what about those who don’t eat tomatoes, beetroot and who plays tennis for an hour 5 days a week? Any alternative vegetables? I am a non-vegetarian.

Hi Piyush, I would suggest to not go with GM diet plan if you play tennis for an hour every day. You can seriously reduce weight just by following non-sugar, no-oil diet daily. Personally, I have realized that GM diet does not help you lose the FAT, instead, it is just the water weight that you see as lost, on weight scale.

Are you following the diet strictly? If you are, then the only reason for not losing weight is that you are eating Salt. GM diet only helps reduce the water weight and if that is not happening, then you must be eating salt regularly.

It’s so great that you have lost 4.2 kgs. That’s wow!! I could only loose max 2.5-2.8 kgs in a week 🙁 . I just need that salt! just cant eat food without it ;). I don’t know about the water weight but GM Diet has helped me to reduce the fat percentage in my body. I did the diet every alternate week and managed to loose 18 kgs of weight in 3 months of time. Alternating one week of this diet and another week of workout can do wonder’s. And now it’s been more than a year. I have gained only 2 kilos back (thanks to the pizzas,burgers and chocolates) but I think if you stay away from sugar, flour and salt, and also stay active throughout the day you are good to go.

Hello I don’t loose weight after GM diet even I very strictly followed it, I just check all comments so get knew I don’t have to eat salt regularly is it?? Or any other reason ?? If it’s correct so let me know how many days I have to eat salt and how. Many times in a day?

Hi Leena, As per my experience, GM diet does not help you loose fat. It only the water weight that you lose in a week. So, if you reduce Salt or completely remove it from your diet, you will see higher weight loss. This is simply because, your body will not hold water in the absence of Salt and hence you will weight lesser on weight machine.